Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The representative genus of the family Ianthinidæ; the oceanic violet-snails.
- noun [lowercase] A violet-snail.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also
purple shell , andviolet snail .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the
family Janthinidae ofviolet snails .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Crystal cones form the shells of pteropods or winged snails hat drift downward from the surface to these dim regions by day; and the translucent spires of lovely ianthina are tinged with Tyrian purple.
Undersea (historical) Rachel Louise Carson 2007
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This colour was also procured from a species of shell-fish, the chelzon of the Hebrews, and the Helix ianthina of modern naturalists.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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_Murex trunculus_; the _Murex brandaris_; and the _Helix ianthina_.
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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The _Helix ianthina_ has a wholly different character.
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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